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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology So, that’s it then. The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, hosted on Australian and New Zealand soil for the first time, came to an end on Sunday night as Spain beat England 1-0 in ... <a title="Just the beginning: 7 ways the Women’s World Cup can move the dial on women’s sport forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/just-the-beginning-7-ways-the-womens-world-cup-can-move-the-dial-on-womens-sport-forever-210550/" aria-label="Read more about Just the beginning: 7 ways the Women’s World Cup can move the dial on women’s sport forever">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Littleton, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Healthy Sustainable Development, Torrens University Australia The “social determinants of health” is a fancy way of describing a simple idea: that a person’s health is influenced not just by what they eat or do but also ... <a title="Who gets to be healthy? The ‘social determinants of health’ can reduce inequities, but many policies neglect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/who-gets-to-be-healthy-the-social-determinants-of-health-can-reduce-inequities-but-many-policies-neglect-them-210961/" aria-label="Read more about Who gets to be healthy? The ‘social determinants of health’ can reduce inequities, but many policies neglect them">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Elena M. Tarasova, Shutterstock Burning gas in our homes to cook food or heat air and water has become a contentious issue. Gas is an expensive, polluting fossil fuel, and there’s mounting evidence to ... <a title="5 tips for getting off gas at home – for a cleaner, cheaper, healthier all-electric future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/5-tips-for-getting-off-gas-at-home-for-a-cleaner-cheaper-healthier-all-electric-future-211261/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips for getting off gas at home – for a cleaner, cheaper, healthier all-electric future">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivia Groves, Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock We want all students to finish school with the literacy and numeracy skills they need to take advantage of post-school opportunities and to participate fully in society. Currently, in Australia, many students don’t. The problem of not meeting learning ... <a title="Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/fewer-than-1-in-5-students-who-are-behind-in-year-3-catch-up-and-stay-caught-up-211516/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Every day the higher price of seemingly everything is mentioned in the news or in conversations with friends and ... <a title="You don’t have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/you-dont-have-to-be-an-economist-to-know-australia-is-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis-what-are-the-signs-and-what-needs-to-change-210373/" aria-label="Read more about You don’t have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Giblin, ARC Future Fellow; Professor; Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock For hundreds of years, we’ve been told patents help deliver big new inventions, such as life-saving drugs. They are meant to be a bargain between the inventor and the ... <a title="Patents were meant to reward inventions. It’s time to talk about how they might not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/patents-were-meant-to-reward-inventions-its-time-to-talk-about-how-they-might-not-211518/" aria-label="Read more about Patents were meant to reward inventions. It’s time to talk about how they might not">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock Australia’s care economy could increase from its present about 8% of GDP to about 15% in 40 years, according to the government’s Intergenerational Report, to be released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Thursday. The projections say in four decades’ ... <a title="‘Care’ economy to balloon in an Australia of 40.5 million: Intergenerational Report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/care-economy-to-balloon-in-an-australia-of-40-5-million-intergenerational-report-211876/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Care’ economy to balloon in an Australia of 40.5 million: Intergenerational Report">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2023
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva The United States government’s overseas development aid arm US Agency for International Development (USAID) opened two new offices in Papua New Guinea and Fiji last week, pledging to assist Pacific island countries in addressing the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The last USAID office in the region was closed over 25 ... <a title="USAID launches ‘reinvigorated’ Pacific mission to help sustainability goals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/20/usaid-launches-reinvigorated-pacific-mission-to-help-sustainability-goals/" aria-label="Read more about USAID launches ‘reinvigorated’ Pacific mission to help sustainability goals">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2023
Pacific Media Watch A new media monitoring watchdog, Muslim Media Watch, published its first edition today featuring a cover story alleging that a Malaysian cult leader who was reportedly now in New Zealand could “create social unrest”. Named as Suhaini bin Mohammad, he was allegedly posing as a Muslim religious leader and was said to ... <a title="Allegations over cult leader feature in new Muslim Media Watch monitor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/19/allegations-over-cult-leader-feature-in-new-muslim-media-watch-monitor/" aria-label="Read more about Allegations over cult leader feature in new Muslim Media Watch monitor">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Pacific region’s focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu hosts the heads of governments from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and the leader of the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) of New Caledonia for the 22nd ... <a title="West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene in Port Vila" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/19/west-papua-high-on-agenda-as-msg-leaders-set-to-convene-in-port-vila/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene in Port Vila">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Jubi News Greenpeace Indonesia’s forest campaigner Nico Wamafma says the West Papua region has lost 641,400 ha of its natural forests in the two decades between 2000-2020 in massive deforestation. Greenpeace’s research shows this deforestation occurred mainly due to the increasingly widespread licensing of land-based extractive industries that damage the rights of indigenous peoples. Wamafma ... <a title="Massive deforestation in West Papua – Greenpeace reveals loss of 641,400 ha" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/massive-deforestation-in-west-papua-greenpeace-reveals-loss-of-641400-ha/" aria-label="Read more about Massive deforestation in West Papua – Greenpeace reveals loss of 641,400 ha">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
By Alisha Evans for Te Ao Māori , Local Democracy Reporting After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has voted to establish Māori wards at the next election. Applause then waiata rang out from the packed public gallery as the councillors ... <a title="NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/nzs-western-bay-of-plenty-councillors-vote-for-maori-wards-a-momentous-day/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’">Read more</a>
